Female U.S. Veterans Pursue Careers in Housing
Female veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are meeting in Tennessee this week with women in the home building industry to discuss job opportunities and career strategies in residential construction.
At “Ask the Expert” sessions in Clarksville, Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga, women builders, developers, mortgage lenders, designers and tradespersons are encouraging veterans to pursue non-traditional career paths in occupations in the state’s housing industry where there are shortages. These include the trades, technical supervision, design, administration and sales.
HBA of Middle Tennessee member Tonya Jones, of Mark IV Enterprises, a woman-owned commercial contracting firm in Nashville, said that she is participating in the program to help inform candidates about the types of jobs that are available, where they can be found and how to succeed in them. “This can sometimes be a mystery to those outside our industry,” she said.